RESEARCH
Research that Matters
Research shows that BridgePrep impact on student career readiness and skill development is significant. Our best-in-class software help students prepare for the careers of tomorrow and paves the way for life-long success.
“Students in schools using personalized learning strategies made greater academic progress, over the course of two years, than a comparison group of students with similar academic performance and from schools with similar demographic profiles.”
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Continued Progress: Promising Evidence on Personalized Learning
“The Forgotten Middle” encourages schools to begin serious college and career preparation in grades 6-8. This report suggests that in the current educational environment middle school is a critical defining point for students in the college- and career- readiness process, one so important that if students are not on target for college and career readiness by the time they reach this point the impact may be nearly irreversible.”
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“54% of first-time freshmen reported receiving no career decision-making guidance in high school; 59% reported not taking a career assessment. We also found that 56% of respondents would like assistance making an informed career decision.”
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Responding To Students’ Career Development Needs By Promoting Career Literacy
“97 percent of our survey respondents believe that entrepreneurship education is important — yet, of the mere 38 percent that were offered a class, 62 percent said that it wasn’t adequate enough to start a new business post-graduation.”
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“72 percent of high school students want to start their own business someday. 61% percent expect to start a business right out of college.”
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72 Percent of HS Students Are Entrepreneurial and Corporate America Just Doesn’t Get It
“81% of young people surveyed said they wanted to pursue entrepreneurship.”
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“Entrepreneurship offers a viable and proven pathway to economic growth and personal fulfillment. However, the number of individuals engaged in entrepreneurial behaviors remains low.”
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Fostering Youth Entrepreneurship: Preliminary Findings From the Young Entrepreneurs Study
“Apprentices who complete their program earn approximately $300,000 more during their career than non-apprenticeship workers.”
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“The American School Counselor Association recommends a student-to-student counselor ratio of 250:1. According to the most recent data, only three states meet that recommendation. The national average is 491:1”
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“Effective career planning is critical not only to helping students find a good fit for their skills, interests, values, and abilities, but also to prepare them for today’s economic realities.”
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Beyond Career Assessment: Preparing Students For Life After High School
“Research has identified middle school as a time when students can benefit the most from career exploration. In addition, middle schoolers’ brains are receptive to developing the competencies known as 21st-century skills, non-cognitive skills, soft skills or employability skills. These skills include critical thinking, adaptability, problem solving, oral and written communications, collaboration, creativity, responsibility, professionalism, ethics and technology use.”
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“Research shows that the important lessons of entrepreneurship can be learned that early. And learning about entrepreneurship early can have major life-long benefits including self-sufficiency, resiliency and creative problem solving.”
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Why Entrepreneurship Should Be Taught Starting in Junior High School
“It takes 10,000 hours takes to master something. At 40 hours a week, these 10,000 hours translate roughly into 5 years of work.”
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“90 percent of teachers and guidance counselors said their students were interested in becoming entrepreneurs, but 75 percent of the students didn’t know where to start.”
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